A virtual swimming event where you can choose from one of three distances or set your own distance and take part in a challenge, at your own pace, in your own time, at a location you choose. We will support you every step of the journey and ask that you raise vital funds for Macmillan Cancer Support.

You can sign up online now at: swimit.macmillan.org.uk/signup by connecting to or creating a JustGiving account.

If you experiences any difficulties signing up, please email swimming@macmillan.org.uk or call 0300 1000 200 (Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm) for assistance.

No, it is completely free to sign up to Swim It!

We encourage every participant to aim to raise £150 to earn their medal. Any money you raise will provide vital funds to support people living with cancer.

Start swimming in your chosen location, at your own time and pace, whenever is convenient for you!

The event main event period is 1st August – 31st September, but you can start logging your distance and fundraising as soon as you sign up.

Swim It 2021 will end on the 31st December, so from this point you will no longer be able to access your JustGiving page.

Swim the Loch Ness - swimming one mile gets you across Loch Ness (allowing for monsters of course).

Swim the Thames - swimming 7 miles is the equivalent of swimming part of the Thames. Big Ben to the Tower of London? Canary Wharf to Battersea? It’s up to you!

Swim the Channel - swimming 22 miles is the equivalent of swimming to France and conquering the channel.

Swim Unlimited - pick your own distance!

Yes. You can complete the swim wherever works for you, and you can mix it up.

The beauty of this event is that you’ll get stronger as you go, but there’s no need for extra training. You’ll be doing it at your own pace, in your own time. There are different distances to choose from so you can find a challenge that suits. If you do want any extra training tips, click here to see our swimming training guides.

If you have any concerns about your health or fitness please speak to your doctor first.

After the latest government announcement, pools and leisure facilities have been able to open from the 12th April 2021 across England. Comprehensive plans have been put in place by the government for pools to reopen safely.

This includes: limiting swimmer numbers, pre-booking sessions, enhanced cleaning, wider lanes, no over-taking, adequate ventilation, discouraging changing room usage and updated chlorination levels.

We advise you to always follow Government Guidelines alongside Swim England's Return to Pools Guidance.

If you haven't yet received a welcome pack, this means we do not have your address. Please email your address to swimming@macmillan.org.uk with the subject: 'Swimming Pack Required' and we will get this to you as soon as possible. Our sincerest apologies for any inconvenience.

Everyone taking part needs to sign up individually. However, it is fine to do the swim, log laps and fundraise together on one page as a team.

Yes, absolutely! The beauty of Swim It is that you can do your swim in any location. Your JustGiving page allows you to accept donations from friends and family all over the world.

Swim It welcomes all ages and abilities.* It doesn’t matter if you can swim one length or two hundred.

*Under 18s are welcome to take part but they’ll need an adult to register on their behalf as we can only communicate with an adult.

You can set your own target, we suggest £150.

Everyone who raises £150 will be posted a Macmillan medal, everyone who raised £550 will be posted a Macmillan towel.

We value all our fundraisers and as a gesture of our thanks, we have created a Fundraising Rewards Programme, full of exclusive swimming goodies you can earn when hitting the following fundraising targets:

• Get your first donation and receive our Macmillan swimming badge
• Raise £150 and receive your Macmillan medal
• Raise £550 and get your exclusive Macmillan towel

If you would prefer to opt out of receiving our rewards programme, please email swimming@macmillan.org.uk.

Your fundraising page is a secure, quick and easy way to get donations and a great way to track your progress.

But if you would rather fundraise in a more traditional way, such as sponsorship forms, that’s also fine. You will receive sponsorship forms in your welcome pack and you can download more from our resource page.

The best way to pay in your cash donations is use the paying-in slip in your fundraising pack we sent out to you. Alternatively you can make a payment from your debit/credit card to your own JustGiving page, but you won’t be able to claim Gift Aid on them.

You can manually add any offline funds raised by following these simple instructions:

1. Log in to your fundraising page using your Just Giving sign in details at www.swimit.macmillan.org.uk
2. Clicking the ‘edit my page’ button
3. Adding the amount raised offline.
4. Click ‘save changes’ and the offline funds will then be shown as part of your total raised.

By setting up your JustGiving page you'll be able to invite friends and family to sponsor you by sending them a link to that page.

We'll also send you a fundraising pack to help you get started, send regular emails with top tips and have tons of advice and resources for our dedicated fundraisers on our website.

Gift Aid is a great opportunity for donors to make their voluntary donations to Macmillan worth 25% more – without spending an extra penny. It enables charities like us to claim the basic tax that donors have paid on their donations back from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).

If every supporter agreed to Gift Aid it would raise hundreds of thousands of pounds more to support people affected by cancer.

To be eligible to add Gift Aid to your donation you must be a UK taxpayer and you must have paid or will pay an amount of Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax for the current tax year, that is at least equal to the amount of tax that all the charities and Community Amateur Sports Clubs (CASCs) that you donate to will reclaim on my gifts for the current tax year. Other taxes such as VAT and Council Tax do not qualify. The charity will reclaim 25p of tax on every £1 that you have given.

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